Smoking cannabis openly in the streets in Thailand

[DonniePeverley]

What's the law here regarding cannabis use. I get you can buy it, but can you just smoke it openly anywhere you want ?

 

I am sick and tired to the chore of tourists just smoking it around everywhere. I'm walking with family, and you get these morons standing on a pavement just exhaling it of their mouths. Yeah we get it you hip, you are on holiday, but have some respect. Bad enough having to inhale black diesel smoke from those red public busses, then have to walk past these tourists. 

 

Is there no enforcement here on smoking marijuana in public ?

[RSD1]

Stay away from the main tourist corridors in Bangkok like Sukhumvit, or any of the other nightlife areas, and you'll never smell it in the streets again. DONE.

[bamnutsak]

AFAIK smoking cannabis in public remains illegal.

 

Of course, not all laws are enforced here.

 

You should probably file a police report if you feel like you've been a victim.

 

I live quite close to an entertainment area, with dozens of cannabis shops. I've noticed cannabis odors maybe three times in the ~ three years since decriminalization.

 

Obviously, the air quality is a much more serious health problem.

 

 

[MalcolmB]

Well it is legal now, I like the sweet smell of ganga.

Much better than when they cook Pad Krapaow which makes many people start coughing.

[FriscoKid]

9 minutes ago, bamnutsak said:

You should probably file a police report if you feel like you've been a victim.

That should turn out brilliantly!

 

[KhunLA]

Using that uncommon common sense 🙄

 

You really can't fix stupid 😎

[Bday Prang]

As a lifelong cannabis user I can honestly say I have never had the urge to smoke a joint whilst standing on a street corner or walking about .   I genuinely don't understand why they do that

[DonniePeverley]

14 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

As a lifelong cannabis user I can honestly say I have never had the urge to smoke a joint whilst standing on a street corner or walking about .   I genuinely don't understand why they do that

 Because in Thailand they are trying to find themselves mannnnnnn dudeeeee

[Merrill]

Ignorance and no respect. Bloody disgusting no different from walking down the street with a bottle of booze in hand 

[khunPer]

Cannabis is not allowed for "recreational use" in public areas...😉

[connda]

It's the end of the world as we know it.

 

[BritManToo]

On 2/21/2025 at 11:52 AM, Bday Prang said:

As a lifelong cannabis user I can honestly say I have never had the urge to smoke a joint whilst standing on a street corner or walking about .   I genuinely don't understand why they do that

I'd fall asleep before I got home if I tried that!

[tjintx]

Oh, my, I fear another Bob incarnation.  Suggest you do a citizen's arrest on all such offenders and protect your family.

[ravip]

16 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

 Because in Thailand they are trying to find themselves mannnnnnn dudeeeee

So its Thailand and Thais are doing it, you mean? Or what...?

[Thingamabob]

Personally I'm not much bothered by people smoking in public. Having said that I far prefer the smell of cannabis smoke to the smell of cigarette smoke.

[khunjeff]

According to news reports at the time that weed was decriminalized, smoking it in public is considered a violation of "public nuisance" laws.

[Snackbar]

I live between a Thai chip shop that occasionally stinks of frying pig offal and a noisy printshop shrouded in gasoline fumes.

 

Modified bikes, noisy trucks, gobby whores and construction noise. 

 

No amount of weed aroma can compete.

 

 

[pgrahmm]

1 hour ago, Snackbar said:

I live between a Thai chip shop that occasionally stinks of frying pig offal and a noisy printshop shrouded in gasoline fumes.

 

Modified bikes, noisy trucks, gobby whores and construction noise. 

 

No amount of weed aroma can compete.

 

 

In the UK? Or, stateside?

[Dogmatix]

On 2/20/2025 at 7:21 PM, DonniePeverley said:

What's the law here regarding cannabis use. I get you can buy it, but can you just smoke it openly anywhere you want ?

 

I am sick and tired to the chore of tourists just smoking it around everywhere. I'm walking with family, and you get these morons standing on a pavement just exhaling it of their mouths. Yeah we get it you hip, you are on holiday, but have some respect. Bad enough having to inhale black diesel smoke from those red public busses, then have to walk past these tourists. ls

 

Is there no enforcement here on smoking marijuana in public ?

 

 

The law is, in fact, the same law that prohibits smoking tobacco or anything else in a public place, if it is causing a nuisance to anyone.  You have to make the complaint that it caused a nuisance to you for police to take action. There is no specific law that prohibits smoking cannabis in a public place, despite assertions by police and government officials to the contrary.  They say that just to scare people but cannot cite a cannabis specific law.   

[Kenny Boy]

On 2/21/2025 at 8:34 AM, bamnutsak said:

AFAIK smoking cannabis in public remains illegal.

 

Of course, not all laws are enforced here.

 

You should probably file a police report if you feel like you've been a victim.

 

I live quite close to an entertainment area, with dozens of cannabis shops. I've noticed cannabis odors maybe three times in the ~ three years since decriminalization.

 

Obviously, the air quality is a much more serious health problem.

 

 

You obviously are bedridden or there’s something wrong with your nose.

i smell it almost every day at some point.

Disgusting smell.

[HK MacPhooey]

On 2/21/2025 at 8:34 AM, bamnutsak said:

AFAIK smoking cannabis in public remains illegal.

 

Of course, not all laws are enforced here.

 

You should probably file a police report if you feel like you've been a victim.

 

I live quite close to an entertainment area, with dozens of cannabis shops. I've noticed cannabis odors maybe three times in the ~ three years since decriminalization.

 

Obviously, the air quality is a much more serious health problem.

 

 

Love the smell of cannabis in the morning - it’s… the smell of freedom

[HK MacPhooey]

On 2/22/2025 at 12:58 PM, Merrill said:

Ignorance and no respect. Bloody disgusting no different from walking down the street with a bottle of booze in hand 

Can walk down a street in China and Hong Kong with a bottle of beer in hand - nothing disgusting about it🤨